( He can make himself guilty all he likes, but that’s far from the truth. Jill would never hold his failure to keep that promise against him, not when she knows what it cost him, that he wouldn’t have failed to return unless he couldn’t. Clive is a good man, honest to a fault and true to his word. )
Of course, Clive. That I have every faith in.
( As if she wouldn’t trust him again. Jill holds him close, resting her cheek against his chest, simply enjoying the rise and fall of it with every breath. A reassurance. )
No matter what, I know you will never break it.
( And if he can’t come to her, back home. Well. She’ll go find him instead. )
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Of course, Clive. That I have every faith in.
( As if she wouldn’t trust him again. Jill holds him close, resting her cheek against his chest, simply enjoying the rise and fall of it with every breath. A reassurance. )
No matter what, I know you will never break it.
( And if he can’t come to her, back home. Well. She’ll go find him instead. )